1 Chronicles 12:16-18

International Children’s Bible

¹⁶ Other people from the tribes of Benjamin and Judah also came to David at his protected place. ¹⁷ David went out to meet them. He said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I welcome you. Join me. But you might have come to turn me over to my enemies, even though I have done nothing wrong. If you do this, the God of our ancestors will see this and punish you.”

¹⁸ Then the Spirit entered Amasai, the leader of the Thirty. Amasai said:

So David welcomed these men. He made them leaders of his army.